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When something vibrates, like a loudspeaker, it compresses the air and increases the pressure of the air when it moves out. When the loudspeaker moves in it creates a partial vacum and a decrease in air pressure. The increase/decrease in air pressure is propagated thru the air (or any medium),as a longitudinal wave, by pushing the air in front of it. The part of the cycle which produces the decrease in pressure is called a "rarefacation" of the air.
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Is a sound wave a transverse wave or longitudinal wave?
Sound waves are longitudinal.
What is another name for a longitudinal a longitudinal wave?
A compression wave is another name for a longitudinal wave.
Is a sound wave a longitudinal wave?
Yes, a sound wave is a longitudinal wave.
What type of wave does sound travel in?
Longitudinal Wave
Is longitudinal a sound wave?
A sound wave is indeed a longitudinal wave as opposed to a transverse wave
Is sound a longitudinal wave?
Yes, sound is a longitudinal wave.
Is ultrasound a transverse or longitudinal wave?
Sound, at least in gases like air, can only propagate as a longitudinal wave.
Why sound waves are longitudinal waves?
If the particles of the medium vibrate in the direction of propagation of wave, as in sound waves that's why sound waves are called longitudinal waves.
Medium vibrates in the same direction as the wave travels?
This type of wave is called a longitudinal wave. In a longitudinal wave, the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave propagation. Sound waves are an example of longitudinal waves.
Is a sound wave a transverse wave?
No, a sound wave is a compressional wave.
Is a P wave longitudinal or transverse?
A P wave is a type of seismic wave that is classified as a longitudinal wave. Longitudinal waves are characterized by the vibration of particles in the same direction as the wave is moving.
Is a longitudinal wave parallel?
Yes, a longitudinal wave is parallel to the direction of wave propagation. The oscillations of the particles in a longitudinal wave are parallel to the direction in which the wave moves. Examples of longitudinal waves include sound waves and seismic waves.
